Metallic bedstead.



Patented July 9, NHL

E. .c. BAYNES. METALLIC BEDSTEAD.

(Application filed Dec. 29, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STAT-Es PATENT OFFICE. I

EDWARD C. BAYNES,- OFrBUFFALQ, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE AS-SIGNMENTS, TO THE PLACE.

EMPIRE'METALLIQ BEDSTEAD COMPANY, OF SAME M ETALLIC BEDSTEAD.

SPEOIFJLOATION forming part or Letters Patent No. 678,092, dated July 9,1901.

' Application filed December 29, 1900. Serial No. 41,514. (No model.)

citizen of the United States, residing at Buf-' falo, in the county ofErie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Im-' provementsin Metallic Bedsteads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to metallic bedsteads which areprovided with a mattress of woven wire.

The objects of my invention are to simplify and cheapen the fasteningsby which the ends of the woven-wire mattress are secured to the endrails of the bedstead and by which the side and end rails are connectedtogether and to dispense with the use of wood throughout theconstruction of the bedstead.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional top plan view of aportion of a metallic bedstead provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal section,on an enlarged scale, in line 2 2,.Fig.1..

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section in line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 isa fragmentary bottom plan view of the mattress and the end rail. Fig. 5is a transverse section of the end rail, showing a modified arrangementof the fastening-lips and the screw-stem.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A is one of the posts or pillars of the bedstead, having the usualgrooved or socketed lug a, and B is the adjacent side rail, provided atits end with a head I), having the usual tenon b, which interlocks withthe socket of the lug a. v

O is the end rail of the bedstead, which consists of a bar ofangle-iron'having its upper flange arranged horizontally and so as toface inwardly. This end rail extends across the top of the side rail,and its vertical flange rests upon the upper side of the pillar-lug a.The head I) of the side rail isprovided on its upper side with a boss bterminating in a vertical screw-stem 5 which passes through an openingformed in the upper horizontal flange of'the end'rail 0.

cl is a clamping-nut applied to said screwstem and bearing upon theupper flange of the end rail. By this construction the veragainst thepillar-lug a and said rail is at the same time firmly secured to theside rail B.

1 E is the woven-wire mattress, which is stretched between the end rails0. Each end portion of the mattress is secured to the adjacent end railby a transverse clamping bar or cleat F, around which the end of themattress is bent or wound and which is confined in the angle of the endrail by lips or spurs g, formed on said rail. In the preferredconstruction (shown in Figs. 1 to 4) these lips are arranged on theupper flanges of the end rail and formed by punching three-sided or U-shaped openings in the flange at a suitable distance from the verticalflange of the rail and bending the tongues of metal so formed downwardlyat right angles to the horizontal flange, as shown by dotted lines inFig. 3. After punching and bending the lips in this manner the end ofthe mattress is bent around the upper and rear sides of the cleat F, thecleat is placed in the angle of the end rail on the inner side of thelips g, which latter penetrate the meshes of the woven wire, and thelips are then clenched around the under side of the cleat, as shown inFigs. 2 and 4 and by full lines in Fig. 3, thereby firmly securing thecleat to the end rail and clamping the mattress between these parts. Theopening by which the lip g at each end ceive the adjacentscrew-stem band the upper end of the boss 12 is recessed to make room for the lowerend of said lip, as shown in Fig. 2. If desired, the fastening-lips ofthe cleat F may be formed on the lower or vertical flange of the endrail, as shown in Fig. 5, in which case the lips extend inwardlyfrom'said flange and are clenched around the inner side of the cleat, orsuch lips may be arranged alternately on the upper and lower flanges ofthe end rails. In each of these constructions the rough or unbound edgesat the ends of the mattressare concealed by the flanges of the endrails, producing a neat and sightly fastening. Instead of. arranging thescrew-stem b vertically, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it may be arrangedhorizontally on the rear side of the boss I) and passed through thevertical flange of the end rail, as shown While I have herein shown anddescribed my improvement in connection with a wovenwire mattress, it isobvious that the same is applicable to bedsteads having a mattress ofcanvas or other flexible material.

I claim as my invention-- 1. The combination with side bedsteadrails, ofa transverse supporting bedsteadrail secured to said side rails andprovided on its inner side with integral fastening-lips, of a cleatwhich is arranged on the inner side of said rail and embraced by saidlips, and a flexible mattress having its end portion confined betweensaid cleat and said. rail, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with side bedsteadrails, of a transverse supportingbedsteadrail constructed of angle-iron and having its upper horizontalflange provided on its under side with depending lips punched from themetal of the flange, of a cleat secured in the angle of said rail bysaid lips, and a flexible mattress having its end bent around said cleatand confined between the cleat and the opposing flanges of said rail,substantially as set forth.

3. In a metallic bedstead, the combination of a side rail having an endhead provided with a projecting screw-stem, an end rail provided withlips punched from the metal there of and providing openings therein,saidscrewstem projecting through one of said openings in the end rail, aflexible mattress secured to said end rail by said lips, and aclamping-nut applied to said screw-stem for securing the end and siderails together, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand this 21st day of December, 1900.

EDWARD O. BAYNES.

\Vitnesses:

J NO. J. BONNER, CLAUDIA M. BENTLEY,

